WORE OUT Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

wore out

verb

past tense of wear out

as in wore

to use up all the physical energy of keeping up with twin toddlers wears me out

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Recent Examples of wore out This skirt reminds me of the one that Jenner wore out in New York recently. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 13 June 2026 Something switched in that one 10 years ago — the Warriors wore out and James (and Kyrie Irving) kicked it into hyperdrive. — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 12 June 2026 John Tortorella was hired as head coach in June 2022, helped establish a culture, had the young Flyers overachieving and then wore out his welcome — such is life as an NHL head coach and especially one named John Tortorella. — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026 In contrast, the Fraternal Order of Eagles advocated for pensions for industrial wage laborers—for people who had worked in jobs that wore out their bodies and left them physically unable to work. — Trevor Jackson, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026 And his playcalling wore out its welcome with the Los Angeles Chargers in only two years. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026 From busy tile backsplashes that quickly wore out their welcome to furniture silhouettes that turned comfort into an afterthought, 2025 delivered no shortage of design trends, but not all of them were meant for the long haul. — Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 20 Jan. 2026 Watching Twister on my parents’ VHS player until the tape wore out and riding my bike to Blockbuster to rent another copy. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025 Workers wore out their shoes every eight days, the worker said. — Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wore out

Verb

That September, Swift wore an oversized vintage Chiefs T-shirt as a minidress with thigh-high Giuseppe Zanotti boots and a Louis Vuitton bag.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
And who was the woman behind the plunging 1999 Versace number Lopez wore to the Grammys, celebrated as the dress that launched Google Image Search?

— Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of wore

Verb

Some earlier assassins expected it of themselves, canceling plots that would have killed bystanders.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
In Georgia, the execution of a man who killed two real estate agents had also been scheduled for Wednesday but was halted by a judge's late-night decision a day before he was scheduled to die.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of killed

Verb

This change responds to the numerous college athlete-plaintiffs who have exhausted their NCAA eligibility, but who seek to continue playing or return to competition.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026
The film’s director, Florian Zeller, has perhaps exhausted the goodwill afforded to him after the Oscar-winning run for 2020’s The Father.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of exhausted

Verb

Over and over, my father rinsed the rice, drained the water, then filled the pot again.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
If numbers don’t lie…are Hollywood and the streaming platforms actually beginning to release the stale notion that middle-aged and older women are drained of their creative juices after menopause?

— Valerie Monroe, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026